Class Settings

Class represents settings of the document.

Inheritance

System.Object

Settings

Namespace: Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS

Assembly: Syncfusion.DocIO.UWP.dll

Syntax

public class Settings : Object

Properties

CompatibilityMode

Gets or sets the compatibility mode for the document.

Declaration

public CompatibilityMode CompatibilityMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
CompatibilityMode	The compatibility mode.

DisableMovingEntireField

Gets or sets whether the entire field entities or only WField instance should be added. The default is false.

Declaration

public bool DisableMovingEntireField { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True, if add only WField instance; Otherwise false.

DisplayBackgrounds

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to shown the background colors and images in print layout view. Default value is false.

Declaration

public bool DisplayBackgrounds { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

Remarks

The DisplayBackgrounds property corresponds to the Background colors and images (Print view only) option located on the View tab of the Options dialog box. This property is enabled automatically while setting the document background property.

Examples

//Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance.
WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
//Set the background type of the document.
document.Background.Type = BackgroundType.Color;
//Set the background color of the document.
document.Background.Color = Color.Red;
//Sets whether background colors and images are shown when a document is displayed in print layout view.
document.Settings.DisplayBackgrounds = false;
//Save and Close the Word document.
document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx);
document.Close();

'Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance.
Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")       
'Set the background type of the document.
document.Background.Type = BackgroundType.Color
'Set the background color of the document.
document.Background.Color = Color.Red
'Sets whether background colors and images are shown when a document is displayed in print layout view.
document.Settings.DisplayBackgrounds = False
'Save and Close the Word document.
document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
document.Close()

MaintainFormattingOnFieldUpdate

Gets or sets the value indicates whether to maintain the formatting of the field result during field update. Default value is false.

Declaration

public bool MaintainFormattingOnFieldUpdate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

Examples

//Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance
WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
//Sets the maintain formatting option to the fields of the Word document
document.Settings.MaintainFormattingOnFieldUpdate = true;
//Updates the document fields
document.UpdateDocumentFields();
//Save and Close the Word document
document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx);
document.Close();

'Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance 
Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
'Sets the maintain formatting option to the fields of the Word document
document.Settings.MaintainFormattingOnFieldUpdate = True
'Updates the document fields
document.UpdateDocumentFields()
'Save and Close the Word document
document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
document.Close()

MaintainImportedListCache

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to maintain information about imported list styles in this document. Default value is false

Declaration

public bool MaintainImportedListCache { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True: if the information about imported list styles are preserved in this document; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This property is used for defining list restart behavior and avoid importing of duplicate list styles in the scenario of cloning and merging independent elements to this document. Setting it to true, the document preserves information about imported list styles. Setting it to false, the document doesn't preserve any information about imported list styles.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to preserve information about imported list styles in this document.

    //Opens the source document
    WordDocument sourceDocument = new WordDocument("sourceFileName.docx");
    //Opens the destination document  
    WordDocument destinationDocument = new WordDocument("targetFileName.docx");
    //Sets true value to maintain imported list style cache to destination document
    destinationDocument.Settings.MaintainImportedListCache = true;
    //Processes the body contents for each section in the Word document
    foreach (WSection section in sourceDocument.Sections)
    {   
    //Accesses the body of section where all the contents in document are apart
    foreach (TextBodyItem bodyItem in section.Body.ChildEntities)
    {
       destinationDocument.LastSection.Body.ChildEntities.Add(bodyItem.Clone());
    }
    }   
    //Closes the source document
    sourceDocument.Close();
    //Sets false value to exclude imported list style cache to destination document
    destinationDocument.Settings.MaintainImportedListCache = false;
    //Saves the destination document
    destinationDocument.Save("outputFileName.docx", FormatType.Docx);
    //Closes the destination document
    destinationDocument.Close();

    'Opens the source document
    Dim sourceDocument As New WordDocument(sourceFileName)
    'Opens the destination document
    Dim destinationDocument As New WordDocument(targetFileName)
    'Sets true value to maintain imported list style cache to destination document
    destinationDocument.Settings.MaintainImportedListCache = True
    'Processes the body contents for each section in the Word document
    For Each section As WSection In sourceDocument.Sections
    'Accesses the body of section where all the contents in document are apart     
    For Each bodyItem As TextBodyItem In section.Body.ChildEntities
    destinationDocument.LastSection.Body.ChildEntities.Add(bodyItem.Clone())
    Next
    Next   
    'Closes the source document
    sourceDocument.Close()
    'Sets false value to exclude imported list style cache to destination document
    destinationDocument.Settings.MaintainImportedListCache = False
    'Saves the destination document
    destinationDocument.Save(outputFileName, FormatType.Docx)
    'Closes the destination document
    destinationDocument.Close()

PreserveOleImageAsImage

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether to preserve embedded OLE images as normal images. Default value is false.

Declaration

public bool PreserveOleImageAsImage { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

Examples

     //Creates an empty Word document instance
     WordDocument document = new WordDocument();
     //Sets flag to preserve embedded Ole images as normal image while opening document
     document.Settings.PreserveOleImageAsImage = true;
     //Loads or opens an existing Word document
     document.Open(fileName, FormatType.Automatic);
     //Saves the resultant Word document
     document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx);
     //Closes the Word document
     document.Close();

     'Creates an empty Word document instance
      Dim document As New WordDocument()       
     'Sets flag to preserve embedded Ole images as normal image while opening document
      document.Settings.PreserveOleImageAsImage = True
     'Loads or opens an existing Word document
      document.Open("Template.docx", FormatType.Automatic)
     'Saves the resultant Word document
      document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
      'Closes the Word document
      document.Close()

SkipIncrementalSaveValidation

Gets or sets the value indicates whether to skip the Complex format is not supported exception while opening an incrementally saved (*.doc) Word document. Default value is false

Declaration

public bool SkipIncrementalSaveValidation { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True: if need to skip the exception when a Word document have incremental save information while opening; otherwise, False.

Remarks

Setting the SkipIncrementalSaveValidation property as true, skips the Complex format is not supported exception and reads the document content present in the last complete save operation alone. The recently edited content saved as incremental save using older Microsoft Word application can't be retained.

Examples

     //Creates new instance of WordDocument class.
     WordDocument document = new WordDocument();
     //Sets flag to skip old file format exception while opening document.
     document.Settings.SkipIncrementalSaveValidation = true;
     //Opens an existing document from file system through.
     document.Open("Template.docx", FormatType.Automatic);
     //Save and Close the Word document.
     document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx);
     document.Close();

     'Creates new instance of WordDocument class.
      Dim document As New WordDocument()       
     'Sets flag to skip old file format exception while opening document.
      document.Settings.SkipIncrementalSaveValidation = True
     'Opens an existing document from file system through.
      document.Open(fileName, FormatType.Automatic)
     'Save and Close the Word document.
      document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
      document.Close()

UpdateResultOnFieldCodeChange

Gets or sets the value indicates whether to update the merge field result when field code is modified. Default value is true.

Declaration

public bool UpdateResultOnFieldCodeChange { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

Examples

//Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance
WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
//Sets whether result code must be updated when field code is modified.
document.Settings.UpdateResultOnFieldCodeChange = true;
//Modifies the merge field code.
(document.LastParagraph.ChildEntities[0] as WMergeField).FieldCode = "MERGEFIELD Employee_ID \\*MERGEFORMAT";        
//Save and Close the Word document
document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx);
document.Close();

'Load an existing Word document into DocIO instance 
Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
'Sets whether result code must be updated when field code is modified.
document.Settings.UpdateResultOnFieldCodeChange = True
'Modifies the merge field code.
(document.LastParagraph.ChildEntities[0] as WMergeField).FieldCode = "MERGEFIELD Employee_ID  \\*MERGEFORMAT"    
'Save and Close the Word document
document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
document.Close()

Extension Methods

DateTimeExtension.ToDateTime(Object)